Dresden (SS Engineer's Barracks) Subcamp

The first prisoners were skilled construction workers – mostly Germans, along with a few Polish, Russian, and Czech inmates. They were joined later by Slovenians, Italians, French, and prisoners from four other countries. Prisoners were frequently transferred back to Flossenbürg. In December 1943, 198 men were in the SS Engineers’ Barracks, at the end of February 1945 their number was 120.

Construction of an auxiliary military sickbay in the SS Engineers’ Barracks and other construction work such as converting schools into medical facilities. Prisoners from Dresden were forced to do construction work in other subcamps as well (Neuhirschstein Castle, Seifhennersdorf). The men were quartered in three large garages, one of which also served as a washing facility.

Guard duty was performed at night by members of the Waffen SS injured at the front. While detail leader Josef Schmatz and his deputy and successor, Kurt Markgraf, violently mistreated the prisoners, detail leader Wilhelm Hartmann was considered too soft (see Seifhennersdorf) and replaced.

Between three and seven deaths (according to eyewitness statements)

The camp was disbanded around April 15, 1945, and the prisoners forced to march in the direction of Schmiedeberg. Numerous prisoners succeeded in escaping. The prisoners were liberated on May 8, 1945.

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